Yeah, I saw that in the news when it went by. It's a ridiculous claim. There is no way we could get to Mars by 2023. That's just 9 years from now.

They plan to finance it by creating the "Biggest media event in the world". Yes, it would be quite an event. But it's unlikely to generate the several hundred billion dollars that a manned mission to Mars would cost.

Andy wrote:Yeah, I saw that in the news when it went by. It's a ridiculous claim. There is no way we could get to Mars by 2023. That's just 9 years from now.

They plan to finance it by creating the "Biggest media event in the world". Yes, it would be quite an event. But it's unlikely to generate the several hundred billion dollars that a manned mission to Mars would cost.